30 pounds to lose challenge by March 2021

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  • RubyRed427
    RubyRed427 Posts: 4,180 Member
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    @goyologo At least you maintained and have come far since your starting weight. I assume plateaus are normal and to be expected. Shake it up a little- try something new, journal your feelings, cook some new healthy desserts to quell your sweet tooth, etc. I think you're doing very well!
  • RubyRed427
    RubyRed427 Posts: 4,180 Member
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    @WeatherJane You are making steady progress! Bravo!
    @frankwbrown 19 pounds lost is amazing!! You keep it going!
    @mochasmommie7193 You're doing well! Healthy, steady progress!! 11 pounds to go!
  • RubyRed427
    RubyRed427 Posts: 4,180 Member
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    Up_n_Running wrote: »
    Lost 1lb !

    Not as much as I hoped for, but a 1lb is a lb. And a loss is a loss 🥳


    Yes! It is great actually! It all adds up.
  • shnerb00
    shnerb00 Posts: 269 Member
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    Start Weight 160.2
    Goal Weight 135

    12/28 160.2
    1/4 155.8
    1/11 155.4
    1/18 154.2
    1/25 152.4
    2/1 152.6
    2/8 150.0
    2/15 151.8
    2/22 149.2
    3/1 146.2
    3/8 146.6
  • lperkins5
    lperkins5 Posts: 47 Member
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    Hi all, great going to everyone!!! I'm happy to report that my weight is finally starting to go down. Being an older man, I had to do even more. Apparently white fat is harder to burn, it needs to be converted into brown fat which is what babies have mostly since they can't eat real food. So, fasting gets me into the brown fat area where the body uses that as fuel. I went from 283 to 269 in five weeks. To help, I drink a mixture of water, 100% maple syrup and cayenne pepper in the morning, take my probiotics, omega 3, B12 and vitamin D. Walk 2 to 3 miles and I have one meal a day around 4 or 5 p.m., about 1500 cals. Then eat a pickle before bed. so far, so good..
  • lperkins5
    lperkins5 Posts: 47 Member
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    lperkins5 wrote: »
    Hi all, great going to everyone!!! I'm happy to report that my weight is finally starting to go down. Being an older man, I had to do even more. Apparently white fat is harder to burn, it needs to be converted into brown fat which is what babies have mostly since they can't eat real food. So, fasting gets me into the brown fat area where the body uses that as fuel. I went from 283 to 269 in five weeks. To help, I drink a mixture of water, 100% maple syrup and cayenne pepper in the morning, take my probiotics, omega 3, B12 and vitamin D. Walk 2 to 3 miles and I have one meal a day around 4 or 5 p.m., about 1500 cals. Then eat a pickle before bed. so far, so good..

    I missed one ingredient, a mixture of "water (12 ounces), 2 tablespoons of Raw Apple Cinder Vinegar with Mother, 2 tablespoons of 100% maple syrup and cayenne pepper"
  • shnerb00
    shnerb00 Posts: 269 Member
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    kwgrandma wrote: »
    “It’s not enough to eat veggies and do yoga. You also must work on healing the stress and anger in your life.” – Karen Salmansohn

    When we manage our stress and heal our anger (and all our other emotional baggage) we can then break the habit of emotional eating. I honestly can’t imagine being able to overcome the bad habits while feeling dragged down with stress and difficult emotions. It’s taken a lot of time and effort to get to this point. Finally.

    Remember, you deserve to be healthy.

    Be well everyone.

    Oh my goodness. 💯 true.
  • shannonkelly08
    shannonkelly08 Posts: 138 Member
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    JenT304 wrote: »
    Beautiful weather today again in the mid-Atlantic. 75 and sunny sounds pretty good to me. I've been increasing my walking by 2 minutes per day, trying to go from 30 to 60. Today I'll do 46. I literally set my alarm for half (23 minutes today) walk, then when it rings, turn round and walk back. It seems to be working...at least I am not gaining though have been stuck for 4 days. When I get discouraged by the slow weight loss I try to remember that I did not put on these extra 40 lbs in weeks, it took years. I just have to be patient with myself. Progress is being made, albeit slowly.
    Have a healthy day, Everyone!

    Great mindset!!! Great weather!!!
  • shannonkelly08
    shannonkelly08 Posts: 138 Member
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    shnerb00 wrote: »
    Start Weight 160.2
    Goal Weight 135

    12/28 160.2
    1/4 155.8
    1/11 155.4
    1/18 154.2
    1/25 152.4
    2/1 152.6
    2/8 150.0
    2/15 151.8
    2/22 149.2
    3/1 146.2
    3/8 146.6

    Amazing progress!!!!!
  • shannonkelly08
    shannonkelly08 Posts: 138 Member
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    shnerb00 wrote: »
    Ugh. I over ate substantially today. My son turned 12 and asked for Fries, chicken strips, pork bites, nachos and DQ ice cream cake. This is his 2nd Covid’ restricted birthday as he was one of the first whose birthday was ‘postponed’ for ‘ a couple weeks’, (or so we thought) last year.

    Anyway, we did it up with some good party food this year. Maybe next year he will get a real party with friends??

    Back on track tomorrow.

    How’s everyone else? It’s been awfully quiet here...

    I feel in a bit of a funk lately...not sure if it's the whole pandemic starting to get on my nerves lol but back on track!!! Happy birthday to your son, I know this past year has been hard on kids.
  • RunDMC2021
    RunDMC2021 Posts: 137 Member
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    I have been curious about approximately how long it's going to take to lose 20lbs.
    Now we are all different, so there is no definitive answer, but it seems that the consensus on Google(I was bored tonight! 😁)is approximately 4 - 5 months.
    So I'm going to try to be patient during this slow, but steady process.
    The excess weight didn't get there over night, after all. 🤭

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